Seasoned Spoon meal goes virtual
The Seasoned Spoon Café at Trent University is moving one of its best-loved programs online, their Community Meal. This event on Oct. 21 at 5:30 p.m. will include a pot-luck style Zoom “hang out and social” followed by a film screening and panel discussion.
The meal takes place from 5:30 p.m. until 6 p.m., followed by the screening from 6 p.m. until 7 p.m. The film, “This Garden is Yours,” featuring the Oshawa-based organization We Grow Food, was an official selection for the Durham Region International Film Festival 2020.
Following the film, there will be a short panel discussion and Q&A period, featuring Jessie Posthumus, the film’s producer; Michelle Perry and Carol Vandersanden, founders of We Grow Food; and Emma Macdonald, Trent vegetable gardens co-ordinator.
The event is free, but registration is required. Everyone is welcome. Register on Facebook or at Eventbrite.ca.
For further information, email s p o o nvo l u n - teers@gmail.com
Youth as Agents of Change
Kawartha World Issues Centre (KWIC), Sustainable Trent, and Peterborough Youth Empowerment (PYE) present, The Future of Climate Activism After 2020, Oct. 22 from noon until 1 p.m. This free online event via Zoom is the second installment of the Youth as Agents of Change series.
This session, scheduled during Global Climate Change
Week, includes guest panelists Malaika Collette (PYE), Shaelyn Wabegijig (KWIC) and Trent student Morgan Carl who will explore the ways that climate activism has changed during 2020 and what we have to learn from the pandemic as we move forward toward effective and positive change. Those tuning in will be able to join the conversation with questions, comments and interactive participation.
Register online by Oct. 20. Visit eventbrite.com and search for Youth as Agents of Change. Once you register you will receive a link to the Zoom platform.
Future topics and dates in the Youth as Agents series include Facilitating Effective Action Through the Practice of Mindfulness (Nov. 5), and Nurturing Relations to the Land Through Place-Based Education (Nov. 19).
For further information, visit kwic.info or email nicole@kwic.info.
Mom and Baby
Lavender and Play, located at 1434 Chemong Rd., Unit 1, is once again offering its popular Mom and Baby class, with safety precautions and social distancing measures in place. The class runs for five weeks, beginning Oct.14 at11:30 a.m. A different topic will be discussed each week, including, sleep, pelvic floor, mama/ baby nutrition
and more.
Class size is limited. Bring a mat or blanket for you and your baby to sit on.
Preregistration is required. Register online at lavenderandplay.ca/events. Please note that if a closure happens, classes will be held online using Zoom.
Edward Burtynsky Talk
The David Sheperd Family Lecture at Trent University, in partnership with the Innovation Cluster and the Trent School of the Environment, present, An Evening with Edward Burtynsky: Water, online via Zoom, Thursday from 7 p.m. until 8 p.m.
Burtynsky, a world-renown photographer and TED prize winner, will look at the global water crisis.
Burtynsky is often regarded as one of the world’s most accomplished contemporary photographers. His photos of industrial landscapes are included in collections and museums around the world.
Those participating in the lecture are encouraged to watch the documentary film “Watermark,” prior to the online session, as an introduction to the presentation.
This film, directed by Burtynsky and Jennifer Baichwal, can be viewed at no charge on CBC.
Register for the talk, online at Eventbrite.com.